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We will bring you up to the minute educational and informative articles and blog posts to inspire you about healthy eating and help you be energised, fit, healthy and productive both in your working and personal life.

Just after Christmas is undoubtedly the time of year that you will least want to step onto a set of scales. But that may be what makes it the perfect time. After perhaps consuming a much higher amount of food than usual, it is likely that you will be feeling heavy and sluggish. More

The festive Christmas period can be a time where people often indulge in food and alcohol, piling on the calories and body weight. It is estimated that people gain an average of 0.5 to 1kg or more over this period after which ‘dieting’ and ‘guilt’ often precedes. More

Time saving recipes are an essential aspect of the festive season running smoothly. You have enough things to juggle than to be worrying about spending excessive amounts of time in the kitchen. Keep these following delicious recipes to hand for the weeks ahead when you know time will be your enemy. More

Will you become another statistic this Christmas? Weight gain has become expected over the festive season, which is not surprising given that the average person will consume approximately 7000 calories on Christmas Day alone, gaining 6lbs between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day. More

Food shopping is a time consuming task, and not knowing what to buy when you get there can be overwhelming and ultimately expensive. However, purchasing seasonal foods is a healthy and cost effective way to approach food shopping. Grocery stores tend to stock up on seasonal items because they are plentiful, making them less expensive for you. More

How The Healthy Employee meets the NICE Guidelines

The Healthy Employee supports the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines.

References

National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 2006.

The Healthy Employee is a registered NICE stakeholder for 'Workplace Policy and Management Practises to Improve the Health of Employees' - the guidelines for this are due to be available in 2015. As a stakeholder it is our job to feed relevant information and recommendations into the process.

Clinical Guidance 43 - Obesity

Clinical Guidance 6 - Behaviour Change

Public Health Guidance 2 - Four Commonly Used Methods to Increase Physical Activity

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